Texas Man Files Bard Denali® IVC Filter Lawsuit

The lawsuit was filed by James B., a man from Texas who was implanted with the C.R. Bard Denali® Vena Cava Filter on May 14, 2016.

Denali is a filter that catches blood clots in a major blood vessel called the inferior vena cava (IVC). It has been on the market since 2013 and is currently the only filter that C.R. Bard still sells — the rest were withdrawn without recalls.

Denali was quickly approved based on its “equivalence” to these other filters, but it is advertised as “innovative” with a “completely new design.” Two similar filters made by C.R. Bard have been linked to a 40% 5-year fracture risk.

Denali is marketed as a permanent filter, but the longest safety study lasted two years. There are already reports of it fracturing under normal conditions.

In one case report from 2015, a 46 year-old woman nearly died when her Denali IVC filter broke in several pieces and punctured her heart.

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